How to Determine the Display Adapter Installed in a Laptop

The video card of a laptop computer is integrated into the motherboard and cannot be changed or upgraded. To increase the performance of the graphics card, it must be identified so that the proper video driver software can be installed. Video driver upgrades can slightly increase the performance of the graphics subsystem due to the correction of bugs found in the driver software.

Instructions

1. Click the "Start" button.

2. Right-click "Computer."

3. Click "Manage."

4. Click "Device Manager."

5. Expand "Display Adapters."

6. View the name of the display adapter installed in the laptop.

Tips & Warnings

• Searching for the name of the display adapter on the Internet can lead to finding newer software drivers for the adapter, which can increase performance.